Defeating the Hard Right: The Lessons of Hungary
“Defeat of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is far more than upset in Hungary. It is body blow to hard right, Trump’s MAGA, & populist strongmen.”
Read MorePosted by Hasan Patel | Apr 15, 2026 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, Europe, Populism in Action, Populism in the World, World
“Defeat of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is far more than upset in Hungary. It is body blow to hard right, Trump’s MAGA, & populist strongmen.”
Read MorePosted by Hasan Patel | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
“Hannah the Plumber” and Green Party triumph in key UK by-election: “There is appetite for ‘positive politics’ that I have not seen in years.”
Read MorePosted by Hasan Patel | Feb 18, 2026 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, UK, World
Responding to UK billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe’s invective v. working class and immigrants: “We must engage with respect, not contempt”
Read MorePosted by Hasan Patel | Feb 7, 2026 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, UK, World
“Wassem Zaffar’s death is departure of someone who believed wholeheartedly in Birmingham & its people, a true leader with vision and purpose”
Read MorePosted by Hasan Patel | Jan 27, 2026 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, UK, World
UK Prime Minister Starmer’s Labour bans Mayor Andy Burnham from running for Parliament: “They don’t feel burning sense of existential threat”
Read MorePosted by Hasan Patel | Jan 18, 2026 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, UK, World
Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage: “This was meant to be dramatic, suspenseful, historic. Instead, it was a badly-rehearsed amateur production”
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